Boswell Pipes & Tobacco Christmas Cookie

I enjoy the occasional aromatic full of fruity sweetness that tastes like it smells but I was a little disappointed with this one. Boswell pipes are among the best, and I really want to like their blend, especially with all of the positive reviews, but this tobacco for me was very flat and not full of the flavor I would expect from the reviews and the smell in the bag. I was expecting more vanilla, more sweetness, and something that would knock my socks off, but I didn't experience any of those things. The good things about it: smells great in the bag, burns well and cool, leaves no goop in the bottom of the pipe, and smells good for others around you. The bad: not a lot of flavor leaving me wanting more and disappointed. While I like my Boswell pipe, I don't think that I will buy this tobacco again.

One of my favorite aromatics. Many pipe smokers who dislike aromatics don't care for them because, while they have a nice room note, they often are lacking in flavor (i.e. the smell good in the pouch and in the air but taste like hot air). Such is certainly not the case with this blend. Boswell produces some of the best tasting aromatics on the market, and this one is no exception.

It starts with a vanilla flavor that doesn't hide the nutty tobacco undertones. By mid-bowl, much of the vanilla casing has burned away, but the blend still has wonderful flavor, with toasted tobacco flavors playing a stronger role in the second half. The blend burns to a nice, gray ash and requires few relights.

And yes, as others have noted, the room note is phenomenal.

This blend would be part of my regular rotation if I didn't save it as a special holiday treat during cold winter months.

I had ordered three tobaccos from Boswells and when the package arrived, all I could smell was the christmas cookie. The smell is very strong, vanilla and some spices that you would expect in a good cookie. The taste was nice. A very smooth smoke, cool and never bit. The taste was subtle. I tasted mostly vanilla on the exhale, with bits of spice and doughy bread notes. Number three from boswells (as far as aromatics) in my opinion behind berry cobbler and raspberry cream, but still a good blend. Keep in mind I have only tried these three so far.

Of every tobacco that I have tried this is my absolute favorite. I find myself several times a day just opening the canister that I have it in just to get a whiff of this absolutely delicious smelling and tasting otherworldly tobacco. I know that aromatics are not every pipe smokers cup of tea but I can't hardly see anybody not liking this blend. J.M. Boswell undoubtly had a wonderful grandmother that made Christmas Cookies and sealed each one with a special kiss, it is the only way to explain how he has the knowledge and ablility to capture the essence of something so delightful and share it with us through a bunch of chopped up tobacco leaves. The complexity of the the flavors is simply awesome.

EXTREME CAUTION!!! Do not get any of this stuff on your forehead because your tongue will slap your brains out trying to lick it off.

By the way; If I did not make myself clear - I really like this stuff!!!

Boswell makes good quality blends, and here is another one for the books! Hints of sweet dough and light vanilla are evident in this smoke! Mild to medium flavor, with a very nice aromatic essence, the Christmas Cookie is excellent! My wife actually thought I was baking cookies! Very aromatic, without the bite, that is Boswell to me. Great quality blends all the time! Boswell is one of the best!

I know i will get bashed for this one but this is the best boswells that i have had. Most of the ones I have tried are alittle lifeless. this one however tastes great,has little bite, and smells wonderful. however i do recommend packing very lightly to bring out more flavor

I got this blend out of a box pass our pipe club sends around every once and a while. I tried a few bowls of it and proceeded to swap it for a tin of Dunhill's night cap. I liked this blend because it did taste like a cookie and also had the real tobacco taste that I love. I will have to say that the room note is probably the best I have ever smelled. I could not smoke this every day, it is just not my style. This blend is one of the best aromatics that I have ever tried. The bowl is not gunked with the goo of the casing and it is not so wet that a bag of pipe cleaners is necessary to keep your pipe dry. The most redeeming quality is the room note, but the carefully blended taste is also better than I expected, but nothing out of the ordinary for Boswell.